The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-08

church-or shall be pleased to offer
my services for the same object-n he
will 90 down into the waters OF baptism,
be baptized for the remission of his
sins, come forth out of the
water repenting of his former
SINS, have hands laid upon him for the
gift of the Holy Ghost, say unto you
thai you shall know that the principles
of this church and kingdom are true;
that God has spoken from the heavens
| in His own voice in this the last dis
pensation of the fulness of times; that
this gospel of the kingdom will go into
all the world; that the sound thereof
will be proclaimed among all people !;
that the kingdom will be built up in this
Gay, preparatory to the coming of the
Bridegroom; and that every honest
soul that lives in the earth shall have
the privilege of seeing the Son OF
Righteousness descend in power and
majesty. This is my testimony unto
you. There is light that is given to
every man that comes in the world that
lighteth his being and giveth HIM under
standing. 1t is PERSONS conscience
it is the Spirit of the living God. 1t is
a match klndling fame of brillIancy-
light that shines and Eliminates as
the rays OF the sun. shining brightly
upon the children of men, emanatiDg
from God, the Eternal Father-from
| the fountain of truth.
People wonder why the l. tier
day Saints are united. They
wonder why it. is that We follow, as they
term it, 1.-The one-man power" Why,
| tell you why we follow this one-man
powerfully dove take vote every
Conference to sustain president of the
oh
in all the world, and this one man
power is like it was in olden times
When the Savior was about tQ depar
from this earth he conferred the keys
of the priesthood upon til II very
quorum of apostles, even Peter as the
head, who was the senior member of
that quorum, saying unto him, Peter.
upon you l confer the keysof the king
dom of heaven" And he asked him,
Peter, whom do people say that |
ann" Peter answered, saying, Some
say thou art Elias. others Jonah, others
one of the prophets raised from the
dead" But who do you say that l
ann" Peter, without hesitation, q ing
a ready answer, having received a testi-
mony, said. Thou art Christ.
the Son of the Living God"
The Savior, turning to him, rejoicing
with pleasure at the testimony Peter
had, said: BLESSED art thou, Simon
Barjonah; flesh and blood hath not
revealed this unto thee. but my Father
which is in heaven; and upon this Rock
will build nay church, and the gates
of hell shall not prevail sgainstit. What
rockP Upon the rock of the testimony
of Jesus Christ. The rock Of revela-
ton. For this revelation is founded
upon the testimony of Jesus. There i.
a power in the prize .ood in this rock
of revelation, which is not generally M
derstood. It is a power which cannot
been seen. We can see the leaves quiz
sring upon the trees, but the power
which oau.e5 il is not visible. I want
to tell you it is so with many of the
elements. The powers exist inert
They cannot be seen. The things which
We see are not the most poWerful-it IS
those which cannot be seen When
toe spirit leaves the BODY and goes
back to that God who gave IT live the
earthly portion remains; it is bu, clay.
But that spirit which was once IL
possession of that body winch as can
not s9e, Is OF greater potency and power.
and 1t is that which will live forever;
for nothing that God creates will ever
die; that is SIS eternal as God himself ,
We have fathers of our flesh; put these
bodies which are created OF Enen will
fade and waste away. God who created
{ uF spirits, made them to be eternal
John saw another angel flying in the
midst of heaven, having the eVerlast-
ing gospel to preach to them that
dwell upon the earth and testify unit
you that the angel which John des
cribes in his writings has come and re-
vesled the gospel TO the Prophet
Joseph Smith.
But what about these invisible
things? l do not refer TO things you
can grasp in your arms: refer to
those things which to me are more real. |
l Tecollect taking q trip to Ogden
Canyon with Brother L. VI. 6hurtliff,
and ! san on one side sign forbidding
persons to cross bridge near it. /
dreamed that there was 3 powder
magszjne there Here was a visible !
augeI-one that could be seen. Going |
up still farther l saw another sign warn !
ing peop,e of danger again. Here it
WAS the electric light works; this time
. danger also. but au invisible one;
electricity has many wires, 1t Is 3
potent agency IL the progress OF ciTili-
zstiou. yes il Is something we cannot
sea, but We know that il exists from the
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see the Spirit OF God. because it is
beyond the power OF human agency to
deseern 1t. Std We can see its eaec,s.
There is power in the SPIRIT of God
which will strike those who eoFrup'
themselves by immoral prae;i rs with
ieprosy as white as snow. | tell you
the world is becoming corrupt and
wicked. The powsrS of darkness are
sweeping over the esrth. Er)m the
north Ia be >oa III. IF '.u she cast 10 the
west, are fh+ :tiI irsn Of men becoming
corrupt and lictntious. And say unto
you that the day Will come when they
will turn their eyes toward Zion and
realize that the power of Goo comes
from nucleus OF virtue. and they will
eIclaim, Blessed is he that cometh in
the name OF the Lord tell You this
power Will b. gwen unto the pure.
Their energies will maze the nations
quail. One will chase one thousand and
two Will put ten EhouEand TO flight. |
When Nephi. of old, wts commanded |
TO go up to Je:rfsiem to
get the record ri his Ia.heF. !
Lamar and Leuml laid hold |
or him and whipped aim; and when !
they we're about to destroy his life the |
power of God rested upon him so |
greatly that they were afraid And |
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